Category: Friesland Farm

Well it’s February folks, thank goodness time is not standing still and we are moving towards better weather. The discussions on the farm revolve around the weather forecast and how much more rain we can take, the fields are waterlogged and it is soft under foot, the paddock that the horses are in looks like…

It’s been a quiet week really, that’s not to say we have not been busy just that nothing urgent or important to be done by a deadline. Most of the days start with the usual routine, firstly feed the cats as they get under your feet if you don’t, then feed the horses before they…

Never was a fan of them as a band and not a fan of the weather when it’s so wet either. It seems like every day we have a downpour which means the ground is not even getting the slightest chance of draining and drying up. I just keep telling myself we are on the…

We have have had an eventful and sad weekend this week more about that later. The rat problem seems to have gone, at least there are no more signs of them in the muck heap and I did find a dead one in the paddock, this may only mean that they have moved to drier…

I hope you all had a wonderful time over the festive season. We had the arrival of our youngest on Christmas Eve back from her two years away travelling, lovely to have her home again, how long for before she gets itchy feet who knows, meanwhile I have extra help which is always appreciated. The…

I skipped a week or two of blogging as there is not much to report at this time of year, the weather is always the main event! After such a long run of dryness we are back to wind, rain and the mud 😦 always a depressing thought, still not much longer until the shortest…

The nights are drawing in ever earlier, now while I enjoy cosy Winter evenings it does make the working day a lot shorter and therefore more has to be packed in to a certain timeframe. The birds need feeding at least an hour before the sun goes down, this is so that they can digest…

Good morning bloggers, I am home from holidays, fully relaxed and refreshed! We had a lovely time away but are glad to be home again. I expect you want to know how the farm sitters got on while we were away, well they did pretty well, we only had a few deaths, a couple of…

What a difference in the weather, only last week we were enjoying the end of a beautiful Summer and this week suddenly Winter is upon us. We have had high winds and lashing rain, I don’t care as I said because at the end of the week we are off to the sunny Mediterranean 🙂…

We have had quite a bit of fog over the past couple of days but it has burnt off to give beautiful Autumn days so we can complain. The temperatures have been well above average for the time of year and I hope it continues for a while longer! Having said that the night time…